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H. S. LORD & R. E. DAY.

QRIP'TRAY FOR WATER GLOSETS.

Patented Ma.'1-.7,1882.

N. PETERS, Phqm-Lilhogmpher. wuhingten. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. LORD AND ROBERT E. DAY, OF HARTFORD, CONN., ASSIGNORS TO THE HARTFORD SANITARY PLUMBING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DRI P-TRAY FOR WATER-CLOS ETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,668, dated March 7, 1882.

Application filed November 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all uhom it may concern Be it known that we, HENRY S. LORD and ROBERT E. DAY, of' Hartford, in the county of' Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Drip-Trays for rater-Closets and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of ref'- erence marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of` this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a top view; Fig. 2, a transverse section; Fig. 3, a top view of the metal-guard detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in water-closets, with special reference to what is commonly termed the drip-traythat is to say, the plate or covering placed over the closet-bowl and beneath the hinged seat.

These trays have been made from various metals, all of' which, notwithstanding frequent cleaning, quickly corrode. ln some cases metal has been coated with porcelain, after the manner of' coating other articles; but it is extremely difficult to coat so large a plate in such a manner that there shall not be more or less metal exposed. This met-al quickly corrodes, the oxidation, working beneath the coating, causes it to flake, and thus the coated tray becomes a geater nuisance than the plain or uncoated metal.

Theobjectof' thisinvention is to overcome the difficulties which exist in trays of' the previous constructions; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and 'particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the tray, which docs not differ essentially from the usual outline. Its surface is inclined toward the opening B from all sides, and is provided at its outer edge with an upwardly-projecting ange, a, and around the opening with a downwardly-projecting ange, b, to sit over the edge of the bowl.

This tray is made complete from glass, as

being so much larger than the opening through f the glass tray that the iiange b will pass down through it, as seen in Fig. 2. `Around the outer edge is an upwardly-projecting flange, d. From the flangeat the edge inward we arrange numerous ribs, c, or other upward proprojections or bearings, upon which the glass tray will rest. We then cover the upper surface of the Inetal between the ribs and surface above the ribs with plaster-of-paris, or other suitable cement, and upon this coment, while in a plastic state, the glass tray is placed and pressed hard down, so that the space between -the metal and the glass is entirely filled, and

the glass supported at all points upon the cement, as seen at the right, Fig. 2. So soon as the cement is hardened the tray is complete.

This improved tray presen ts a surface which is not influenced to the slightest degree by any of the gases which cori-ode or cause oxidation of the trays of usual construction.

We claim- 1. The herein-described drip-tray for waterclosets, as made from glass, constructed with the upwardly-projecting flange aand the downwardly-projecting flange b, substantially as specified.

2. A drip-tray for water closets, consisting of the tray A, as iliade from glass, with the metal plate C beneath it, with a coating of' cement between the glass tray and the metal plate, substantially as described.

HENRY S. LORD. ROBERT E. DAY.

Witnesses:

R. W. FARMER, LOUIS A. TRACY. 

